51st All Japan Rugby Football Championship explained

51st All Japan Rugby Football Championship
Countries: Japan
Champions:Toshiba Brave Lupus
Runnersup:Panasonic Wild Knights
Attendance:63,190
Highest Attendance:19,571
Lowest Attendance:3,326
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 All-Japan Rugby Football Championship (日本ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 Nihon Ragubi-Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai) took place from February 16 up to the final on March 9.

Qualifying

Top League

The top four teams (Panasonic Wild Knights, Suntory Sungoliath, Kobelco Steelers, Toshiba Brave Lupus) in the 2013–14 Top League automatically qualified for the competition, and competed in a playoff competition.

Panasonic Wild Knights and Suntory Sungoliath eventually played in the Final, with Panasonic Wild Knights winning 45-22. As Top League finalists they gained automatic entry to the Championship Semi-finals.

The Top League Wildcard Tournament was contested by the fifth to twelfth teams in the final table for the last two places for this league in the Championship. These places were eventually taken by Toyota Verblitz and Yamaha Júbilo.

University

In the 50th Japan National University Rugby Championship final Teikyo University defeated Waseda University 41-34. Both teams gained entry to the Championship as finalists, the two beaten semi-finalists Keio University and Tsukuba University also qualified.[1]

Qualifying Teams

Knockout stages

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First round

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Feb 16, 2014 11:40
Waseda University16 – 36
Yamaha JúbiloChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo
6,077
Feb 16, 2014 14:05
Teikyo University13 – 38
Toyota VerblitzChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo
7,043
Feb 16, 2014 12:00
Keio University0 – 100
Kobelco SteelersKintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
Osaka
3,326
Feb 16, 2014 14:05
University of Tsukuba26 – 69
Toshiba Brave LupusKintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
Osaka
3,671

Quarter-final

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Feb 23, 2014 11:40
Toshiba Brave Lupus24 – 21
Toyota VerblitzChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo
7,382
Feb 23, 2014 14:05
Yamaha Júbilo26 – 28
Kobelco SteelersChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo
9,711

Semi-final

Panasonic Wild Knights and Suntory Sungoliath bypassed the first two rounds into the semi-finals by reaching the final of the Top League playoffs in 2015.

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Mar 1, 2014 14:05
Suntory Sungoliath24 – 25
Toshiba Brave LupusKintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
Osaka
3,384
Mar 1, 2014 14:05
Kobelco Steelers5 – 46
Panasonic Wild KnightsKomazawa Olympic Park Stadium,
Tokyo
3,025

Final

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Mar 9, 2014 14:05
Toshiba Brave Lupus21 – 30
Panasonic Wild KnightsNational Olympic Stadium,
Tokyo
19,571

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://jrfu.org/jrfu/index.php/latest/item/181-50th-japan-national-university-rugby-championship-final 50th Japan National University Rugby Championship Final
  2. http://www.rugby-japan.jp/national/schedule2971.html Official JRFU Scores and Details (Japanese)